PNCI Updates Archive

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11/3/2017Pan Africa Parliament and Ipas sign MOU The Pan Africa Parliament (PAP) of the African Union reports that during its recent meeting in Midland, South Africa the PAP “gave impetus to the promotion of safe and legal abortions by dedicating several debates to the topic, and signing a Memorandum of Understanding with reproductive activist group, the Ipas Africa Alliance.”

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11/2/2017MPs defend unborn children’s right to life Statements from groups of pro-life parliamentarians were among the 160 or so submissions made to the United Nations Human Rights Committee as it considers the Draft General Comment No. 36 Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).

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10/27/2017UK: 50 Years Legalized AbortionToday is the United Kingdom’s January 22. October 27, 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the passing of the 1967 Abortion Act which legalized abortion in England, Scotland and Wales.

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10/3/2017Impact of President Trump’s Global Pro-Life PolicyPro-abortion NGOs gathered in Brussels to commiserate over the impact of the decision by President Trump to reissue and expand the US foreign aid policy known as Mexico City policy that prevents U.S. funding to international organizations that perform or promote abortion and to strategize as they face growing resistance to their radical “sexual and reproductive health and rights” agenda.

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7/27/2017International Abortion Funding WarsThe refusal of the US under President Trump to fund abortions around the world is a problem for a number of countries who think that the destruction of unborn children through abortion is acceptable and something that development aid should provide.

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6/22/2017U.S. Takes Giant Pro-Life Step at the U.N.The United States Mission to the United Nations in Geneva confirmed the words of pro-life U.S. UN Ambassador Nikki Haley that “there is a new sheriff in town” in a statement of position that demonstrated beyond any doubt that this “new sheriff” is wearing a shiny pro-life badge, to the dismay of pro-abortion governments and activists.

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5/30/2017New WHO and OHCHR Report Calls for Repeal of Laws against AbortionA report launched at the World Health Assembly by the High-Level Working Group for Health and Human Rights of Women, Children and Adolescents–-Leading the Realization of Human Rights To Health and Through Health—is a blatant pro-abortion activist document disguised as a UN report that tells parliamentarians and governments to advance access to abortion in the context of human rights.

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4/28/2017Push for Self-Induced Abortion and OTC Availability of RU 486An international pro-abortion tactic that advises women on how to self-induce abortion in illegal settings is receiving attention and extensive news coverage in the US with the launch of a new ‘counseling helpline’ by the organization Women Help Women (WHW) targeting women in the US.

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4/4/2017U.S. Stops Funding UNFPA Long standing concerns regarding the support by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for China’s coercive population control program have led President Trump to announce via a State department memo and letter to U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker that U.S. funding to UNFPA will end.